Senior Backend Developer I Shared Technology

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At King, we are the global leader in mobile gaming, reaching 340 million monthly active users and generating over $2 billion in annual revenue, thanks to blockbuster hits like Candy Crush Saga. Our success is powered by our Shared Tech organization, which processes 14 petabytes of data and billions of events daily to drive all of King's data and analytics needs.

As part of our Data Enablement group, our Telemetry and Streaming teams develop and maintain essential data products and services that are used by teams across King to monitor our game, marketing and advertising platforms, ensuring that we deliver fun and personalised experiences for all our players. We are looking for a talented Senior Java Developer, to join our mission of delivering world-class entertainment to millions of players worldwide. 

Join us and take pride in crafting world-class, bite-sized entertainment enjoyed by millions of players across the globe!

Your role within our Kingdom

We are seeking a talented individual with a degree in Computer Science (or a related field) to join our team as a Senior Java Developer (Telemetry and Streaming). You’ll be part of a group that speaks your language, tackling complex challenges with cutting-edge technology. Our games are loved by hundreds of millions worldwide, and you’ll be instrumental in building them—along with the engines and support systems that ensure they run seamlessly on any platform.

In Shared Tech, our vision is to create a platform that offers a strong competitive edge for our game studios, enabling them to provide exceptional player experiences.

In Shared Tech, we operate as a B2B organization, delivering a platform that seamlessly integrates with all the games developed at King.

Tasks within the team vary greatly but include:

• Develop, maintain, and operate our large-scale real-time stream processing platform built with Apache Flink, enabling users to build, test, and deploy business logic with minimal technical expertise and operational overhead.

• Oversee the setup, monitoring, and maintenance of Kafka clusters to ensure reliable and efficient data streaming.

• Enhance and automate monitoring and operational processes across our systems.

• Research and prototype innovative backend solutions for data processing, analytics, and storage.

• Collaborate with engineers from various teams within King’s analytics space.

• Promote the team’s products to a broad audience, catering to both technical and non-technical users, and provide support and education as needed.

• Contribute within an agile environment where your input and ideas are valued.

Skills to create thrills

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• High level knowledge in stream processing technologies such as Apache Flink (preferred), Spark Streaming, Kafka Streams to build stateless/stateful stream processing and near real-time systems.

• You are a curious individual who thrives on problem-solving and has a passion for “great engineering.” You are eager to learn and experiment with new technologies—traits that truly define you. 

• You bring a deep understanding of Java and object-oriented design patterns, consistently writing high-quality, maintainable code and continuously seeking to improve your practices. 

• Experience working with major public cloud providers, particularly Google Cloud products (Dataproc, GKE, BigQuery, Dataflow, GCS).

Bonus points

• Skilled in developing applications running in Hadoop clusters.

• Experienced in building CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, GCP Cloud Build, and ArgoCD.

• Knowledgeable in observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.

• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, particularly Terraform.

• Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases.

• We also know you have a passion for games—whether it’s casual, console, or board games. If you have experience in the online gaming industry, we’d love to hear your story!

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.